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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Fugacious \Fu*ga"cious\, a. [L. fugax, fugacis, from fugere: cf.
F. fugace. See Fugitive.]
1. Flying, or disposed to fly; fleeing away; lasting but a
short time; volatile.
[1913 Webster]
Much of its possessions is so hid, so fugacious, and
of so uncertain purchase. --Jer. Taylor.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Biol.) Fleeting; lasting but a short time; -- applied
particularly to organs or parts which are short-lived as
compared with the life of the individual.
[1913 Webster]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Fugacious \Fu*ga"cious\, a. [L. fugax, fugacis, from fugere: cf.
F. fugace. See Fugitive.]
1. Flying, or disposed to fly; fleeing away; lasting but a
short time; volatile.
Much of its possessions is so hid, so fugacious, and
of so uncertain purchase. --Jer. Taylor.
2. (Biol.) Fleeting; lasting but a short time; -- applied
particularly to organs or parts which are short-lived as
compared with the life of the individual.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
fugacious
adj : enduring a very short time; "the ephemeral joys of
childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth's transient
beauty"; "love is transitory but at is eternal";
"fugacious blossoms" [syn: ephemeral, passing, short-lived,
transient, transitory]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
fugacious
a.
fleeting, fading quickly, transient.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
fugacious
a.
fleeting, fading quickly, transient.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
fugacious
a.
fleeting, fading quickly, transient.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
fugacious
a.
fleeting, fading quickly, transient.
From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
fugacious //fjuːˈɡeɪ.ʃəs//
краткотраен, мимолетен
Fleeting, fading quickly, transient
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
fugacious /fjuːɡˈeɪʃəs/
kurzlebig, vergänglich, ephemer, ephemerisch
Synonym: ephemeral
From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
fugacious //fjuːˈɡeɪ.ʃəs//
katoavainen
Fleeting, fading quickly, transient
From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]
fugacious /fjuːɡˈeɪʃəs/
kratkovječan, prolazan
From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
fugacious /fjuːɡˈeɪʃəs/
1. múló
2. átmeneti
3. múlékony
4. ingatag
From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-jpn ]
fugacious //fjuːˈɡeɪ.ʃəs//
儚い, 早く散る
Fleeting, fading quickly, transient
From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]
fugacious //fjuːˈɡeɪ.ʃəs//
flyktig, förgänglig
Fleeting, fading quickly, transient
From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]
fugacious /fjuːɡˈeɪʃəs/
1. uçar, uçucu
2. çabuk geçen, ömürsüz, süreksiz
3. (bot.) geçici, dayanıksız, çabuk dökülen. fugaciousness, fugac'ity uçuculuk.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]
39 Moby Thesaurus words for "fugacious":
brittle, capricious, changeable, corruptible, deciduous, dying,
ephemeral, evanescent, fading, fickle, fleeting, flitting,
fly-by-night, flying, fragile, frail, fugitive, impermanent,
impetuous, impulsive, inconstant, insubstantial, momentary, mortal,
mutable, nondurable, nonpermanent, passing, perishable,
short-lived, temporal, temporary, transient, transitive,
transitory, undurable, unenduring, unstable, volatile
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
a. 易逃逸的,难捕捉的,无常的;
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
a. 易逃逸的,难捕捉的,无常的
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